with rookie camps starting soon i figured it was time for me to make a thread about two of the players i am most excited to see play for the wolf pack this season.
nhl moved quicker to protect their homophobic and transphobic players than they have to get rid of rapists and domestic abusers in the league…. truly outstanding priorities there!
the insanity in the nhl suspending a player without a contract for half the season for betting (not nhl games) meanwhile one of his teammates played all last season & is playing this season while he is/was under multiple investigations for sexual assault including a criminal one.
unfortunately according to this shirt from the nhl shop in new york... the washington capitals no longer exist. sorry to their fans on this heartbreaking news 💔
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despite the london police moving to charge 5 players its important to remember there were 8 players named in the lawsuit & likely most of team had knowledge of it bc there was a gc. also a hockey canada rep warned the player about the police being contacted
gary bettman announcing horrible thing after horrible thing like i wonder why the game isn’t growing when some of the biggest news in the nhl is whether or not they will let people who have committed crimes play, coach & lead teams and then how multiple investigations are going…
i’ve have a friend at umich that told me that johnny & another student were caught on camera/video vandalizing the jewish resource center on campus during welcome week
🧵 here is a compiled thread on the 2018 canadian world junior team with the roster, players statements, any information/ updates about all of the investigations: hockey canada’s, the nhl’s & the london police. this is not an opinion thread, its purpose is access to information.
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there have been multiple players accused of sexual assault while in the nhl going back decades, not only that but players themselves have been victims of sexual assault so bettman needs to shut up with this "not my league" bullshit.
Bettman: “I think it’s important for people to understand what happened is not typical of NHL players … these players were not playing in the NHL at the time of this incident … this is not representative of what takes place in our game … we want people to know our game is
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20 out of 32 nhl teams currently have players that have been accused of sexual assault, 15 of those teams have players that are currently under criminal investigation for sexual assault. this league does not care one bit and they probably never will
you all fail to realize that the rangers don't care if they deserve to win or not. they click submit on an assignment at 11:59 and hope they made it on time
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its fucking disgusting that the nhl’s independent investigation into the 2018 wjc team is finished which means they know who was involved but they will wait till the summer to release the report bc they want to ignore that one of those players is in the final
The NHL’s independent investigator has completed their investigation on the Hockey Canada scandal and is in the process of preparing a report.
Report should be submitted in early summer.
@TheHockeyNews
you can delete shit all you want but claiming this a joke doesn’t make it okay. sexual abuse of minors isn’t fucking funny like in any way whatsoever you fucking freak
this happening during the first day of nhl free agency... the majority of my mutuals had no idea who was on their hockey team bc they never saw the announcements of signings until days later 😭
around 58 days till training camps start but the nhl, hockey canada & london police still haven’t released the findings of their investigations or pressed charges. the nhl said this 52 days ago. the cup was won 42 days ago which means we are almost halfway through the offseason
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the london police filed a report in OCTOBER saying they had enough evidence to charge 5 players on the WJC team with sexual assault & hockey canada is just NOW in MAY giving them access to the information they recovered in their independent investigation
Chris Kreider on the opening line brawl:
"It's a big-time commitment from a majority of the team, that's something that's a passionate thing to do, it's a courageous thing to do and it's something that definitely brings the group closer together"
a 60 year old man with a history of abusive behavior as a coach was never going to change his way. he wasn’t going to learn from him mistakes bc he never thought they were mistakes in the first place. these people don’t deserve “2nd chances” or privilege of working in the nhl
suing the league for defamation is insane bc not a single player was stopped from playing in the league this past year. literally the only thing the players had to do was cooperate with the league’s investigation, they never released their names, hc rosters are public knowledge
Several team execs, sponsors and player agents tell me they are bracing for the NHL's possible release of an investigation report re an alleged sexual assault involving as many as eight players on Canada's 2018 world juniors team.
If NHL names and suspends players allegedly
Charlie Lindgren is first goalie off the ice after Caps morning skate. Looks to be starter vs. Rangers.
It would be his first time playing in NHL vs. brother Ryan.
since it looks like we will probably get updates on the 2018 canadian wjc team soon i ask that people think before they speak bc this is serious stuff and now is not the time to try to get hit tweets about a literal crime.
matt rempe will be the tallest player to play an nhl game this season if he plays in the stadium series (he is 6'8.5"). he will also be the first nhl player to make their nhl debut in an outdoor game if he plays tomorrow. thats kind of crazy...
After hearing earlier in the week that PKane was to meet with the Maple Leafs on Tuesday, I can confirm that meeting did NOT occur. Leafs sources reached out to say it did not happen.
journalist saying this shit is so aggravating… the “i know but can’t say” comments don’t help at all. then claiming there are “some significant names” which just encourages people to guess who the 5 are. just release the names, terminate their contracts. they should be arrested.